Re: Brave New World

[Christopher Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>]

  > The difference between what Apple did and what MS/Gates does is one of degree,
  > I'll grant that. But when Apple was giving away stuff to schools, it was a way
  > of trying to consolidate the market share they had or wanted to keep.
  >
  
  Well, if Apple was trying to consolidate market share, this was wrong. However, it
  wasn't like Apple was giving away it's product. Apple still made a healthy profit
  on it's sale of hardware. Gates is giving away software under the guise of
  benevolance.
  
  > PS---By the way, the school that Gates gave software to, if I'm not mistaken,
  > is a very exclusive, very rich all-girls school in Dallas where his wife went
  > for high school. If they need software donations anywhere in Dallas, they need
  > them in Oak Cliff and other poor areas.
  
  I guess I can prove I'm not all anti-Bill. Click here.
  
  http://detnews.com/cyberia/hitech/970429/0gates/0gates.htm
  
  Also in this article it states that he does give money/software, not just
  software. To the libraries and a group called Focus HOPE. (not educational
  facilities) He donated $2 mil. (two tax-deductible organizations) There is no
  mention of how the donation broke down between the groups and between the money or
  the software.
  
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                Christopher Pall
  Delphi Programmer & Western Michigan Student (CS)
                   ThinkBiz
                Kalamazoo MI USA
               X97PALL@WMICH.EDU
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